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> But then there's this:
> https://www.princeton.edu/ssp/joseph-henry-project/unix-and-c/bell_labs_1369_001.pdf
>
> "C is also available on the HIS 6070 computer at Murray Hill, using a
> compiler written by A. Snyder and currently maintained by S. C. Johnson.
> A compiler for the IBM System/360/370 series is under construction."
>
> Due to the description of the IBM compiler, it seems to predate the V6
> revision.

Here's a revision from 1974:
https://9p.io/cm/cs/who/dmr/cman74.pdf

"The language is also available on the HIS 6000 and IBM S/370."

Does this imply the Princeton copy is from before 1974?


Also Appendix A from the K&R book has the text from the C Reference
Manual.